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Sony Xperia 5 V

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent high-end phones like the Samsung Galaxy S23 Camera shares the Huawei P60 Pro's main sensor

Best for

Strength , All-day battery (16h measured)

Extras Reverse wireless charging, IP65 water resistance

Watch out No more updates

6.1″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8 Gen 2 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 30W charging

48 MP 2 rear · 12 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Sony Xperia 5 V looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.1″ · OLED · 1080 × 2520 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.1"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2520 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

746 nits

HDR

HDR10

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2

Performance

Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.2 GHz · Adreno 740

High performance

Comfortably handles demanding games and heavy multitasking.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

High-end

AnTuTu

1,753,330

v11

GeekBench

5,059

Graphics test

GFXBench 99 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.2 GHz

GPU

Adreno 740

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5X

CPU layout

1x3.2GHz Cortex X3 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A715 + 2x2.8 GHz Cortex A710 + 3x2.02 GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 13, upgradable to Android 15 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 13, upgradable to Android 15

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

48 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 12 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

48 MP f/1.9

OIS

Ultrawide

12 MP f/2.2

Front camera

12 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX888, 1/1.4", 1.12µm

Flagship-class sensor

Same sensor in

Huawei P60 Pro , Huawei P60

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW

Video

4K @ 120 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 30 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Lab active use

16:19h

Lab endurance

16:19h

Wired charging

30 W

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Bypass charging

Supported

Heat friendly

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.3 LUFS)

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.3 LUFS)

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB · expandable

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB

Storage type

UFS

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6E

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6E

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C 3.2

USB OTG

Yes

Video out

DisplayPort

Screen out

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B29, B32

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, n79

Build & Design

182 g · 8.6 mm · IP65

Built to last

Height

154.0 mm

Width

68.0 mm

Thickness

8.6 mm

Weight

182 g

IP rating

IP65

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

DXOMARK test scores

Lab-tested scores from DXOMark — independent measurements, not manufacturer claims. Tap any card to view photo samples and the full review.

Scores are on DXOMark's open-ended 0–200 scale. Higher is better.

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 15

Wins on most 4 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2520 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution

Higher benchmark score

1.8M vs 1.5M AnTuTu

Better video capture

4K @ 120 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 48 MP · f/1.9 vs 48 MP · f/1.6 main

Longer tested battery life

16h 19m vs 13h 20m active use · 30 W vs 20 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Heavier in hand

182 g vs 171 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S23

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

Longer tested battery life

16h 19m vs 11h 27m active use · 5,000 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel

Lower video ceiling

— vs Telephoto · OIS · 4K @ 120 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

Heavier in hand

182 g vs 168 g

Full comparison

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